dúnorgain
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dún- + orgain, an alternative form of argain (“destruction”). The word does not appear in the Historical Irish Corpus (1600–1926) nor in either edition of Dinneen’s dictionary, so it may be a modern learned borrowing from Middle Irish duinorcun and Classical Gaelic dunoirccne.[1]
Noun
[edit]dúnorgain f (genitive singular dúnorgana)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúinorgain
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúnorgain | dhúnorgain | ndúnorgain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duinorcun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúnorgain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN